Ministers are considering forcing all housing benefit
recipients to contribute towards their rent as part of efforts to save £12bn
from the welfare bill, government sources say. Housing benefit currently can
cover the full cost of rent. The chancellor is also understood to be pushing
for the cap on all benefits to be lowered from £26,000 to £20,000 outside
London and south-east England.
It was previously announced the cap would be cut to
£23,000 across the UK. It is understood that other proposals to abolish or
severely restrict the carer's allowance have been dropped after opposition from
the prime minister. Read more on the BBC website.
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